Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
- mahdieh mahdizade 1
- Omid Dayani 2
- Reza Tahmasbi 3
- mohammad mahdi sharifi hoseini 4
- amin khezri 1
- zohreh hajalizadeh 5
1 Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
2 Department of Animal Science Faculty of Agriculture Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman
3 Reza Tahmasbi (PhD) Associate Professor Department of Animal Science Faculty of Agriculture Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman Kerman, Iran
4 Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
5 department of animal science, faculty of agriculture, young researcher society, shahid bahonar university of kerman, kerman
Abstract
The effects of replacement of alfalfa hay and wheat straw with different levels of tarragon plant stalk (TPS) on feed intake, digestibility, microbial protein synthesis, and blood and rumen parameters of sheep were investigated using four Kermani male sheep (BW= 45±2 kg) with approximately three years old in a Latin square design with four 21-day periods. The experimental diets were: 1) control diet (without TPS), 2) diet containing 8% TPS, 3) diet containing 16% TPS and 4) diet containing 24% TPS (DM basis). Dry matter intake, and dietary digestibility of DM, OM and CP were not affected by feeding of TPS in the present research. The amounts of nitrogen intake, nitrogen excreted in the urine and feces, the amount and percentage of retained nitrogen, ruminal pH, ruminal concentrations of NH3-N and volatile fatty acids, and protozoa population were not affected by experimental diets. Feeding different levels of TPS had no effect on, microbial protein synthesis, and concentrations of blood glucose, total protein, urea nitrogen, triglyceride and cholesterol. Results of this study showed that tarragon plant stalk could be replaced with alfalfa hay and wheat straw up to 24% (DM basis) in sheep diet without any effect on ruminal fermentation, blood parameters or feed intake.
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